Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

See, this was why I liked coffee. You couldn’t screw up making coffee. Even the bad stuff was good.

Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

Uh... ," Ivy stammered, and I glanced up to see her eyes wide in consideration. "I'm kidding," I said. "It passed the lethal-amulet test, remember?" "Not that. You keep it in your underwear drawer?" I hesitated, wondering why I was embarrassed. "Well, where do you put your elven magic?" I asked.

He didn't want Lucy to grow up feeling alone, surrounded by everything and having nothing.

Oh for the sweet humpin' love of Tink! ~ Jenks

I've found that when I'm having trouble solidifying a character or a scene, that music will often free my subconscious just that last little bit to allow me to move forward, and often it's in a direction that I didn't expect, but is 100 percent true to the character.